John White b. c.1756

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Natural history collector, author and naval surgeon, he was chief surgeon on the First Fleet. He avidly collected specimens and drawings, but there is little evidence that he himself drew any of them. He was assigned the convict artist Thomas Watling, who seems to have been the hand behind his studies and topographical illustrations.
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associate of
Thomas Watling
1762
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Sarah Stone
1760
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
parent of
Andrew Douglass
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relative of
Rachel Turner
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References [<ExternalResource: Rienits, R. (1963), 'John White', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 2, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Smith, B. and Wheeler, A. (eds) (1988), 'The Art of the First Fleet', Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Rienits, R. with Rienits, T. (1963), 'Early Artists of Australia', Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: (1789), 'The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay', London, England.>, <ExternalResource: White, John (1790), 'Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales', London, England.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Bull, Gordon.>]